I have a Search Widget within an Action Bar. I have set up an android:hint value however It is not showing up when I click on the Search Icon.
My Activity Class and Xml layouts:
MainActivity.java
package com.example.myApp;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.ActionBar;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.SearchManager;
import android.content.Context;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.widget.SearchView;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
//creates an action bar.
ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
//sets the homebutton.
actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
}
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
// Associate searchable configuration with the SearchView
SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
SearchView searchView = (SearchView) menu.findItem(R.id.search).getActionView();
searchView.setSearchableInfo(searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName()));
return true;
}
}
Menu Xml:
Main.xml => res/menu/Main.xml
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="@+id/search"
android:title="@string/search_title"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_search"
android:showAsAction="collapseActionView|ifRoom"
android:actionViewClass="android.widget.SearchView"
/>
</menu>
Search Xml
searchable.xml => res/XML/searchable.XMl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<searchable xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:hint="search"
android:textColorHint= "#FF0000"
/>
Mainfest.XMl
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.MyApp"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="11"
android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name="com.example.MyApp.MainActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<meta-data android:name="android.app.searchable"
android:resource="@xml/searchable" />
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
My action-bar has a black background so I assumed that I initially could not see the :hint value as the hint text color is black is as well. However even after changing the hintTextColor, I still can not see the hint value.
Please help, Why it is not showing ?
Anonymous User
24-Dec-2015